Redskins fan here, and the blame goes to Snyder and Bruce Allen - Snyder's constant interference and Bruce Allen's enabling Snyder destroyed RG3's career. Love your channel!

Craziest thing to me is that he ended up being in the NFL longer than Luck.

How NOT to develop a franchise quarterback.

Tomlin said, "Sometimes you have to protect a player from themselves,"

Life time Redskins fan here. This is one of the best video essays in sports I have seen. Thank you.

I’m still a fan of RGIII. His immaturity at times was detrimental to him, plus having Washington drafting Cousins as well was something he was worried about. He saw cousins everyday in practice, knew he could play well, and saw him win games when Robert was out.

RG3 got tha "Big Head" and nobody could tell him noth'n, He knew it all and now you see the results !

2012 RG3 was an absolute beast! As for his downfall, I’d agree. It’s certainly his fault he didn’t rest up after his injury. Great vid. Easily one of your best.

Life-long Washington fan here & this is the best video I've ever seen on RG3. I'm not going to lie, I was extremely skeptical before clicking play, but you really did your research. I felt like I was listening to one of our local Sports Reporters who had ears on the ground while this stuff was happening. I'm happy RG3 has found a second career as a Football analyst and Color commentator but as a player, he limited his potential by rushing back from injury and wanting to be "Aaron Rogers" when that's not his skill set. A former teammate of RG3 once said on-air that Teams could take away half the field from RG3 due to his lack of progression skills, this limitation is completely unacceptable at the NFL Level.

Can't believe some 4th rounder in that 2012 draft name Kirk Cousin ended up having a longer and more successful career than the two QBs taken with the first two picks

That Thanksgiving game against Dallas is up there with Randy Moss' game in 1998 for the greatest games by a rookie on Thanksgiving in NFL history. I was in awe watching him play that day

"There was no way i was coming out of that game." - I like him even more now. GREAT video, Lauren!!

I was such a huge RG3 stan his first season. I'm excited for this video

Just want to say that both your quality of video and thumbnail is actually insane! Such an inspiration and I look up to you so much as someone who wants to go into the sports media industry, keep it up!

RG3 throws one of the prettiest balls you’ll ever see

An rg3 and Kirk podcast would be awesome

Griffin should’ve waited until his knee was 100%. He had a capable backup in Cousins, and in 2013 he looked NOTHING like he did in 2012.

I remember watching that play-off game against the Seahawks and thinking "Why is RGIII still out there!? They are up by 2 scores late in the 3rd quarter. He can barely walk! Pull him from the game!"

Browns for life but loved this guy. My poor son was literally screaming at Shanahan to take him out.

Wow I never knew he tore his ACL in his sophomore college season .. it adds so much to his nfl story ending

Redskins fan for 40 years here. This is maybe the most accurate video on RG3 I’ve seen. Nice job 👍🏼

RG III was amazing when not hurt. I’m a saints fan and we were stunned in the come in that first week. I remember being severely pissed off

Didn’t realize his completion % was so high! He was pretty good

Congratulations Lauren on the 100 K much love to you.

From 🇹🇿… Girl you know what you doin, very professional. I like your emotional encoding ❤🔥🔥

2012 was supposed to be the start of this franchise to turn around. We had a great coaching staff. Mike was gonna retire and Kyle was supposed to take over as head coach. We still had Sean McVay who i think woulda ended up being the offensive coordinator. We still had Matt Lafluer. I blame mostly Snyder. 70% Dan, 30% Robert.

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that shot he took to his knee was just brutal...Love your channels..thanks very much!!!...\m/

I’ve never seen an organization actively try to fuck a player up the way Washington did to RG3

Love RG3. UK based REDSKINS fan and we will never forget that 2012 season. Division champs and RG3 getting Offensive Rookie of the Year. HTTR

Dude was a straight up athlete. As a lifelong reddkins fan I wish things worked out for the bettrr. Losing to Seattle in the playoffs was heartbreaking

The dumbest part of Robert's thinking is that the called QB runs were the plays that made the whole offense work. The option threat specifically froze opposing DE's which mattered because they couldn't block those guys in a normal drop back situation. Second, Robert NEVER took a bad hit on a called run, every bad hit he took was him extending pocket plays and being unable to slide. Robert sabotaged his own career.

He didn't get hurt on a design run, no he got hurt scrambling because he didn't know how to slide. That offense made him great. He was so blessed in hindsight to have an amazing group of offensive coaches

As an RG3 fan I think there is one pretty important detail left out. While I agree, and even RG3 would agree, he should have rested until he was 100% after that first injury. He is at some fault for the later injuries that occurred for sure. I also blame the Skins coaching staff from not saving RG3 from himself. That said, RG3 was doomed after that first season to fail weather he got hurt or not. The thing that made Shanahan a great coach was his ability to understand and capitalize on his teams strengths. He took over the Skins who were not a great team at the time and redefined the game plan focusing on not what was NFL protocol, but what his team could do best no matter how un-NFL like it was. With RG3's speed the read option which at the time was only seen in high school and college made perfect sense. RG3 had 1 weakness in his game, he was terrible at recognizing defenses, but had the talent and speed to mostly overcome that weakness his first season while teams struggled to figure out how to stop the read option. If RG3 stayed healthy, by year 2 defenses had the read option figured out. You can watch film of year 2 vs year 1 and see the adjustments defenses made to defend the read option essentially shutting RG3 down due to his lack of being able to read a defense. So my "what if" scenario if RG3 had not gotten hurt is by year 2 he would either need to learn to read defenses to play a more conventional style of QB which would have kept the read option still viable or, be a career backup. That is what separates RG3 from LJ8. LJ8 is pretty good at reading defenses and the read option is still a very lucrative part of his game.

I already know what happened. RG complained about the playbook. They gave him a pocket passer playbook and he struggled in the NFL. It wasn’t just the injury.

Good video. The only thing missing is the fact that RGIII saw that Cousins was running a completely different offense. I'm sure Snyder exacerbated the issue, but I remember it was clear Robert was upset that Kirk ran a different offense.

I’ll never forget that play off game against us, just a horrible injury

Well done! That’s my team and I remember this well. I’d say RGIII with his stubbornness and Dan Snyder with his meddling are to blame, more so than the coaches. Sure hoping Jaden Daniels knows how to slide!

Gotta be honest, I was skeptical to check your video out (cause of you being a broad and all lol) but I'm impressed. This is well done young lady. Nice research, script and editing. Good narration too. I'll be watching all your stuff from now on for sure.

I agree with you. He should’ve just rested and learn the playbook more.

this one is really good, i still remember rg3 torching the ravens so many years back smh. so bascially his knee injury kinda sent a snowball effect in way? good video!

I've done that, tried to keep exercising and working out through and injury and it's not a good idea.....but I get it, your mind says you can do it...but your body not so much. Now in my mid/late 40s I know better than to try to come back early after being injured (even slightly). It's hard when you're used to pushing yourself and just taking a seat goes against every fiber in your being.

Congratulations!!🥳🎊🎉100k well deserved 👏

Congratulations on 100,000 subs btw

Life long skins fan here, fantastic video! I didn't even know about the college injuries and I followed RG3 very closely during his time in Washington. It is worth noting, the main reason he was so far removed from the starting position in 2015 was because of an injury clause he had in his contract. Him and cousins were nearing the end of their rookie deals and his contract had a MASSIVE bonus if he were to be injured; this was added in after some renegotiations and the team was not willing to risk that much money.

Hey Lauren! I'm a Vikings fan who just discovered your channel. I checked out 2 of your stores (Carson Wentz and RG III), and was really impressed with them. Keep up the good work - best wishes for a great future! Best of luck to your Giants as well!

Great video RG3 was very talented it's a shame he would of had a great career alot of heart however unwise should of sat out and fully healed when millions are at stake the pressure must be immense

I remember his first game against the saints. RG3 was unreal

Wow as a redskin fan I never heard the story about RG3 on calling that meeting with coaches

Just Gotta say your videos are great. Keep Going!

First off, I really appreciate your deep dive into the subject :) Imo, I feel he didn't get resigned for the same reason Jackson didn't get swooped up by other teams.... His play style is/ was too niche. Like said, he was, in the beginning, a RPO QB but was suddenly rushed into a pocket passer when he should have been a hybrid. At this point in the nfl, and still today, a lot of teams aren't willing to take the risk.

Robert Griffin III was a amazing player to see on television after he'd won the Heisman back in 2011 at University of Baylor becoming the 1st QB in school history to win it a 1st Round 2nd overall pick in 2012 NFL Draft by the Redskins then now Commanders but if he didn't get hut against the Ravens who knows what his career would be? He should be Super Bowl Contenders back then but that was not the case here RG3 was great don't get me wrong 8:08

This is sad, huge cowboys fan for eighteen years now. But man I have a big deal of love for RGIII

17:12 diabolical work right there 😂😂😂

As a redskins fan. RG3 rookie season was the most exciting season I’ve ever experienced. Can’t wait to see how Jayden Daniel’s plays

That read option was deadly

I saw an RG3 interview where he expressed remorse about playing hurt. The pressure on him was huge.

You're absolutely WRONG about the Browns. Having suffered through decades of pain, I can confidently say the FO would have taken a punter and high-fived afterwards. 😢

Great video per usual! RG3 could've been tremendous under different circumstances.

He is somewhat of an enigma. He obviously had great talent. He needed some time to improve his footwork from the pocket in the West Coast offense. Had he been afforded that, he could have really been a long-term elite QB. Some of that is on him as well. Then the injuries too. Unfortunate situation tbh.

Happy Memorial Day Lauren❤

That rookie season was the absolute best example of RG3's elite skills. But that's why coaches get paid millions of dollars too because they figured out the read option offense with a whole year of tape

RG3 and Carson are case studies as to why it’s important to focus on health over trying to be the best. The best ability is availability and if you are available to perform your best, then that’s more important than rushing injuries that need time to heal. I remember that 2012 season and I thought RG3 was gonna be my fav quarterback. It’s a shame but he’s matured and he’s grown from it as a person

I grew up in Maryland as a Skins fan. I miss those awesome old uniforms. I also miss when they were good.

The great John Madden said " players can play when they're hurt but not when they're injured". Mike Shanahan was experienced enough to know the difference but clearly he his son and Dan Snyder didn't care enough about the wellbeing of RG3 to do the right thing and shut him down for the rest of the season. It was practically criminal negligence, shame on them. Go Hawks

Excellent video and analysis of RG3’s career. I also feel that NFL defenses figured him out just like they did with Kaepernick. Lamar Jackson was actually a pretty good passer in college and played well against NFL caliber competition. RG3 was lighting up cornerbacks like Justin Gilbert in the Big 12. RG3 couldn’t even get his college team to a New Years 6 or BCS bowl, but I guess the Alamo Bowl was like the National Championship for Baylor at the time.

Was at the night game vs Dallas, Was in the upper deck and you could see him limping from his mid-season knee injury while they were in the red zone and we were sitting on the other side of the 50 yard line.

The biggest mistake the team made was not forcing him to recover after the initial knee sprain against the Ravens. The team would have been better off missing the playoffs, giving Kirk an opportunity to get looks from other scouts, and coming back strong in 2013. At the end of the day, it was not poor protection schemes or badly performed deceptions, but RG3's lack of being able to slide was what ruined his knee.

I believe he tore the same ACL twice and it’s pretty well studied that a lot of these elite athletes can recover from one tear, but tearing the same one multiple times drastically reduces the chances they can return to form. So while there are a ton of criticism that are fair about the way he handled things, but the injury absolutely derailed his career

One of the biggest what ifs for the giants is David Wilson. I'm so mad his neck injury cut his career short

Great video I rather enjoyed it and a lot of insight

Great job, excellent analysis and presentation!!

First vid of yours I watched great editing and narration ❤I subbed in girl amazing content ❤

Good video Lauren thank you

It’s so hard to watch this video. We finally had a QB and they ruined that man’s career. Still breaks my heart to this day

Bud, your Rangers are makin a run for the cup. Wheres the game reaction vids?

It is weird no one would want him at least for second or third string he does have a lot of natural ability

During Griffin's rookie year, he impressed with both his football ability and leadership traits. However, once the team started losing the following season, Griffin's play declined, and Snyder empowered the QB with special treatment, Griffin became less of a teammate. Santana Moss says RGIII later boasted about getting Shanahan fired, for example, and that didn't go over well in the locker room.

Great video!

I'm so glad someone is finally talking about the fact that RG3 was a head case as an NFL QB. Of course I don't entirely blame Robert Dan was definitely manipulated him into thinking he was a different player than he really was.

Rg3 will always be remembered 💯

You give good football. Subbed.

That orthopedists you keep mentioning is Dr James Andrews…probably the most famous doctor in the sports world as he does all the major surgeries on injured players in every sport

gotta get that snow it makes me feel better

This is a damned shame. This kid was a next-level talent and they chewed him up and spit him out.

There is something about your voice…. I love it. And that throwback of you in your Carson Wentz video you were adorable.

You've gained another sub from me, love your content, keep it coming✌️💯

RG3 is making money as a football analyst...

It's amazing how youtube knows when to put in a commercial at a climactic point!

I love your narration new Sub second video I'm love this channel

Respect. Keep doing your thing…

2:16 that dap was so hard

Really good video! She did a great job.

Still hurts everytime i think it 😭

A trainer should've asked RG3 do you want to play now of 5-10 years from now. Rushing back from an injury that should've kept him out his entire sophomore season quite possibly ruined him. The same thing happened to Carson Palmer. He wasn't right for 2-3 seasons after his injury.

They really should've shut him down and told him ABSOLUTELY NO after he just BLEW OUT his knee in the Baltimore game. It's a travesty how DC handled his injury. RG3 definitely wanted to NOT run all those QB draws, but clearly, he's not Aaron Rodgers.

Huge Saints fan my whole life, RG3 redskins Jersey is the only other team jersey I ever had💯

what kind of video editing software do you use???

Please make a video on Dan Snyder! 🙏🏽🙏🏽 love your content btw!

The coach should have kept RGIII out until RGIII fully recovered.